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A newly signed memorandum of understanding between Canadian and Israeli universities has a connection to Kingston.

Queen’s University’s Daniel Woolf is one of six presidents representing the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada who travelled to Israel this week, where a five-year agreement was signed with the Association of University Heads, Israel.

Woolf, the chair of the AUCC’s Standing Advisory Committee on International Relations, was one of the signatories of the agreement.

Canadian and Israeli universities collaborate on energy, solar power and medicine, and share research on the fields of brain research, water technology, renewable energy and biotechnology, according to a news release.

The AUCC represents 97 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities.